Crabbing 101

We enjoyed some yummy boiled crabs on our vacation.

 

They were super fresh. 

How do I know?  We caught them ourselves!

Here’s how you catch a crab—the Grand Isle beach vacation way!

Step 1:  You need a string, some poles, and a few turkey necks!  Walk out a ways into the gulf, string the string between the poles and tie on the turkey necks!

Yep, it’s gross.  But so worth it.

Step 2:  Walk along the string pulling up your turkey necks. 

Crabs will be hanging on them. 

Have the net ready because the second those suckers are out of the water, they let go.

Step 3:  Toss back the female crabs with eggs.  Gotta let them grow to catch later.  How do you know if a she-crab must go back?  Check this out.

 

Step 4:  Walk back and forth along the string catching crab after crab after crab.

Step 5:  Repeat step 4 until you have enough crabs to feed a small army.

Step 6:  Boil those suckers.

Step 7:  Eat and enjoy!

                                          

The Great Grand Isle Get-away

Whoo Hoo!  Vacation!  I won’t bore you with 1467 vacation photos, but you do have to look at a few.

We spent the last few days with all of my family and a few wanna-be family members in Grand Isle. 

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We stayed on the beach.

 

We played in the water.

We caught hermit crabs,

and blue crabs.

We boiled crabs too!

We ate well, we played hard, and we relaxed and rested

We’ve been home for about 3 hours and we’re already ready to go back!

     

(thanks to Mom and my sisters for sharing pictures!)

Legoland Discovery Center through my Big Girl’s Camera